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In 2006, while working in private practice, Ho wrote a concise, persuasive law review article defending the principle.

From Slate

At the same time, he called Esparza’s written request for leniency “one of the most sincere and persuasive” he had ever read.

Friends, colleagues, and writers I respected made, I thought, persuasive cases for improving the experience—ignoring Musk altogether, deleting your old tweets—even as others insisted, convincingly, that this was not just a fool’s errand but a dangerous one.

From Slate

He said he found the new work persuasive.

Evidence for canvassing’s efficacy is vexed, however: social scientists have shown the practice of going door to door to have near-zero persuasive power, and, unless the message is highly personalized, an uncertain effect on turnout.

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